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Fishing for the Little Pike

Juhani Karila’s weird and warmhearted love-letter to the magical beauty and danger of the northern wilds. A comedy, mystery, fantasy, romance like no other.

Unavailable in English: The Death of Orvar Klein

In Daniel Katz’s absurd and melancholy 20th-century classic, bookseller Orvar Klein turns to literature for everything he needs to know, whether it’s how to swim or how to win a fistfight, and somehow prevails, even when set upon by christeners, crooks, and con artists. Full manuscript translation seeks publisher.

The Colonel’s Wife

An old woman living in a remote part of Lapland tells the unvarnished story of her life as a nature writer, free spirit, and fervent fascist.

Finding Each Other

Finnish literature in English has gone mainstream. Centennial guest column for Kiiltomato magazine.

Secret Passages in a Hillside Town

In this haunting novel by the celebrated author of The Rabbit Back Literature Society, a mild-mannered publisher reconnects online with his first love, reigniting long-forgotten memories of the dark, magical, and dangerous secret passages of his youth.

The Core of the Sun

A densely imagined, funny, and moving tale of survival and spiritual insurrection in a land of stifling gender conformity, from the queen of Finnish Weird, Johanna Sinisalo.

Dark As My Heart

A solitary groundskeeper on a country estate seeks clues to the fate of the mother he lost in childhood in this moody and atmospheric novel of criminal acts, family love, and loss from Finland’s most lyrical crime writer.

When the Doves Disappeared

A gripping, suspenseful novel of love and lies in occupied Estonia, by internationally acclaimed author Sofi Oksanen.

The Blood of Angels

A man searches for the meaning of mass honeybee disappearances, and loss in his own life, in this moving story of tragedy and transcendence by Johanna Sinisalo.